Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites
Also known as Filature de soie de Tomioka et sites associés, The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Industrial Heritage
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Japan
Inscribed
2014
Area
7 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites is about 20 km south-west of Maebashi. The nearest other World Heritage site is Shrines and Temples of Nikko, about 85 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Maebashi · about 345,000 peopleabout 20 km north-east
- Kawagoe · about 338,000 peopleabout 65 km south-east
- Kōfu · about 198,000 peopleabout 75 km south
- Hachiōji · about 579,000 peopleabout 75 km south-east
- Nagano · about 594,000 peopleabout 80 km north-west
- Matsumoto · about 225,000 peopleabout 80 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
JapanCultural85 km away
JapanCultural101 km away
JapanCultural178 km away
JapanCultural206 km away
JapanCultural313 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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